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House Democrats Seek to Remove Biologics Exclusivity Period From USMCA

By Aydin H. Harston on July 25, 2019
Posted in News

On July 11, 2019, more than 110 House Democrats wrote a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer expressing strong opposition to provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade agreement, including the provision setting a minimum of 10 years of marketing exclusivity for biologic drugs.

As discussed here, in the United States,…

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